The Priors School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Southam, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.172 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Priors School is a primary school in Southam, Warwickshire for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
The Priors School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 6.172 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meals: 6.9% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 18.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire.
- At 6.172 miles, the 2026 Reception last distance offered was 34th longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, this one included (middle 2.26 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Priors Marston, Southam, CV47 7RR
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils come into The Priors School happy and eager to learn each day.”
- “The school sets high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievement.”
- “During lessons and at social times pupils are well behaved.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not ensured that staff have the detailed knowledge needed to teach some elements of the curriculum in a small number of subjects.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not learn the curriculum in these subjects as well as they could.”
- “The schools’ oversight of how well pupils learn the curriculum is variable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 82% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.
- St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School 2.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Stockton Primary School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southam St James CofE Academy 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Southam Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Dassett CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishops Itchington Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Itchington CofE Academy 6.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
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